It was a long weekend in Ohio at the SCCOA Shootout.
Started out the race day running 13.83 @ 98.70, then I started tuning in the fuel pressure. Following a 13.81 @ 99.09 time trial, the second bump in fuel pressure gave me a 13.77 @ 99.33 in the first round of brackets. Another bump in fuel pressure netted the best time of the day with 13.635 @ 101.58 - a new mph record for the Blue Flame.
The afternoon was warming quickly, so with a 13.55 dial changed to a 13.60, another round in the brackets brought in a 13.656 @ 101.58 timeslip against a Cougar with a 4.6L DOHC who redlighted himself out of the brackets.
Two more rounds, one a bye and another against the only other Lincoln(who broke out), I found myself where I had never been before - the finals - against none other than "dirtydog" and his Thunderbird. The hotlapping was taking a toll on the Lincoln's ET, but I was reluctant to change the dial, so I let it ride for the final run of the day...
>> driller - dirtydog
Dial - 13.60 - 14.84
R/T - 0.5951 - 0.4260(!!)
60ft - 2.004 - 2.0958
330ft - 5.7427 - 6.1809
1/8 - 8.8399 - 9.5779
MPH - 79.20 - 71.31
1/4 - 13.8407 - 15.0710
MPH - 98.06 - 88.73
MOV - 0.1788 [grin]
The brackets were also qualifying runs for the V8 shootout portion of the event. The Blue Flame missed the top slot of the V8 with no power adder class by a mere few hundredths of a second.
The car responded well with the new intake, but I feel it wasn't running up to par. I think a new set of injectors and a dynotune is in order to bring out the best potential. Also, an exhaust leak developing on the car is demanding attention as well as some desparately needed suspension work. Hopefully some of this can get done before the trip to Atlanta and the SSHS6 event.
Started out the race day running 13.83 @ 98.70, then I started tuning in the fuel pressure. Following a 13.81 @ 99.09 time trial, the second bump in fuel pressure gave me a 13.77 @ 99.33 in the first round of brackets. Another bump in fuel pressure netted the best time of the day with 13.635 @ 101.58 - a new mph record for the Blue Flame.
The afternoon was warming quickly, so with a 13.55 dial changed to a 13.60, another round in the brackets brought in a 13.656 @ 101.58 timeslip against a Cougar with a 4.6L DOHC who redlighted himself out of the brackets.
Two more rounds, one a bye and another against the only other Lincoln(who broke out), I found myself where I had never been before - the finals - against none other than "dirtydog" and his Thunderbird. The hotlapping was taking a toll on the Lincoln's ET, but I was reluctant to change the dial, so I let it ride for the final run of the day...
>> driller - dirtydog
Dial - 13.60 - 14.84
R/T - 0.5951 - 0.4260(!!)
60ft - 2.004 - 2.0958
330ft - 5.7427 - 6.1809
1/8 - 8.8399 - 9.5779
MPH - 79.20 - 71.31
1/4 - 13.8407 - 15.0710
MPH - 98.06 - 88.73
MOV - 0.1788 [grin]
The brackets were also qualifying runs for the V8 shootout portion of the event. The Blue Flame missed the top slot of the V8 with no power adder class by a mere few hundredths of a second.
The car responded well with the new intake, but I feel it wasn't running up to par. I think a new set of injectors and a dynotune is in order to bring out the best potential. Also, an exhaust leak developing on the car is demanding attention as well as some desparately needed suspension work. Hopefully some of this can get done before the trip to Atlanta and the SSHS6 event.